Willie Nile, Willie Nile (Arista, 1980) – Straight-ahead rock from the great Willie Nile, rootsy and modern at the same time.

Tammy Wynette, The Ways To Love A Man (Epic, 1970) – The first lady of country music ushered in the 1970s with this outstanding long-player, containing the title smash along with the anthem “Singing My Song.”

Renowned engineer Vic Anesini went straight to the original source and master tapes to create sparkling new masters for these long-unheard gems. See Vic’s video on the transfer process at Legacy Recordings on YouTube.

Each and every month, fans are encouraged to cast their votes at LegacyRecordingsVault.com for upcoming digital releases. Join in and help the Sony Music Archives unearth more lost treasures!

LegacyRecordingsVault.com formally launched in March 2013 as an online music fan forum seeking direct input on future digital releases from the world’s foremost archive of commercial recordings. The website allows fans to vote on which rare or out-of-print recordings they’d like to see made available digitally, along with the opportunity to offer their own release suggestions and comments. The site draws on an unmatched collection of music dating back to the 1880s with artists and titles representing virtually every historical genre.

LegacyRecordingsVault.com is spotlighting titles currently under consideration for digital release. Fans are encouraged to vote for the albums they’d most like to see made available as digital releases, and to make their own suggestions. With thousands of albums in the Legacy Recordings archives becoming potentially available for digital release, this crowdsourced service provides a valuable mechanism in the preservation of the original recordings while giving the online community a new way to request access to an unprecedented array of historically and culturally significant music.

Legacy Recordings is crowdsourcing its archives and no artist or project is too obscure for consideration. Visit LegacyRecordingsVault.com and share it on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter.